We are pleased to invite you to attend the 39th Union World Conference on Lung Health of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), which will be held at the Palais des Congrès in Paris, France, from 16 to 20 October 2008.
The theme of the Conference is “Global threats to lung health: the importance of health system responses”.
In light of the increased prominence of the importance of global public health security subsequent to the recent global threats to lung health, we believe that it is highly important that the next World Conference brings forth and explores the challenges of building up and strengthening the readiness and preparedness of health systems in preventing global threats to lung heath and mitigating their impact, not only on the health of the populations, but also on their national and trans-border social and economic consequences.
This Conference will address how best we, as the lung health community, can help identify and eliminate the system-related barriers to the effective prevention of lung health threats and put in place both the much-needed public health measures and the appropriate medical care for the affected. Such measures will go from building a well-functioning surveillance system to equipping health facilities with the necessary technology and providing them with competent lung health workers for proper care.
We hope that the 2008 World Conference will not only provide the platform for a rigorous assessment of the global threats to lung health, but that it will also contribute to our commitment to act globally for a better coordinated and more effective response, regardless of where we, the lung health professionals, live or work.
We look forward to seeing you again in Paris in 2008.
Dr Nils BILLO, MD, MPH |
Dr Michael E. KIMERLING, MD, MPH |
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